Written by

Gregory A. Hall
| (Louisville) Courier-Journal

A new University of Kentucky study on the economic feasibility of hemp says the currently illegal crop could be a profitable option for farmers in areas like Central Kentucky, but not everywhere. And production isn't likely to result immediately in the thousands of new jobs predicted by supporters of a new state law to regulate hemp production.

The study was undertaken as Kentucky legislators earlier this year considered Senate Bill 50, now a law that provides a regulatory framework for hemp production in Kentucky - should the federal government legalize it.